Note: Because we are ad-free and reader-supported, we do short pledge drives four times a year. This article is in support of our 3-day Winter 2017 Pledge Drive.

Readers, do you know what really gets our goat? Online slideshows.

Do you know why? Because we find needless complications grating. And most online slideshows are the very picture of needless complication—almost always, the information they provide could, and should, be presented on a single page.

Websites chop articles up this way, of course, because doing so = more clicks and more clicks = more ad revenue. Same reason they pose questions in tweets and then urge you to click through for an answer that easily could have fit in the tweet itself.

In other words, our bottom line doesn't depend on wringing as many clicks out of you as possible. All we want to do is make you laugh, or think, or both. Consistently, independently, and with as little hassle as possible.

If you value what we're doing with Dumb Runner and how we're doing it, today through Friday we're asking you to show it with a small monthly pledge or a one-time donation.

Mark Remy's DumbRunner.com

DumbRunner.com is a website for runners who enjoy laughter and pie, from longtime writer and marathoner Mark Remy. Dumb Runner offers humor, insight, and 100% B.S.-free advice for runners of all abilities.